Category: Musings
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Tariffs are all the rage these days so I thought we could start putting some price tracking info up here to test the current administration’s occasional theory that other countries / foreign companies pay tariffs, and that U.S. consumers don’t. I say “occasional” because the rationale for tariffs and the…
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If you can step outside of the current moment, in a way, and consider it from a high-level view, we’re at a morbidly fascinating point in time. We have a person with few tangible business successes, beyond being born wealthy and using that position to build an empire of charismatic…
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Two weeks ago I mentioned that I’d be tracking other “Radio Free” concepts out there in the ether, and what better day than today to add an entry – this morning I read that Radio Free Europe lives to fight propaganda for…at least the rest of the fiscal year. It’s…
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Or: “Begun, the leaf blower wars have.” – Yoda, 2009, somewhere in the Degobah system when the live oaks awaken While I have noted repeatedly that this blog is proudly unsullied by corporate sponsors, I’m happy to report that we do offer limited sponsorships to certain entities or concepts that…
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While it’s way too early to address any readers of this blog, if there were any readers, they might be asking an important question: Which Beaufort are we talking about? The inferior northern variant – “bo-fort,” in North Carolina? Or the superior southern variant – “byoo-firt,” in South Carolina.…
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As I mentioned on the ORIGIN STORY page, the idea for this blog – the concept of an idea, if you will – came to me when listening to an R.E.M. song. The initial hook was the sound of the actual words “Radio Free Europe” and “Radio Free Beaufort,” as…
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I started my first WordPress blog way back in 2004 or so, and for a while that was the thing to do. Now a blog feels archaic, or retro if I’m feeling charitable. That also kind of fits the overall theme of this project – going back to an “old”…